# Boost.Unordered

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Boost.Unordered offers a catalog of hash containers with different standards compliance levels, performances and intented usage scenarios:

**`boost::unordered_set` `boost::unordered_map` `boost::unordered_multiset` `boost::unordered_multimap`**

<ul>Fully conformant implementations of <code>std::unordered_[multi](set|map)</code>,
but faster and up to the latest revisions of the standard even if you're working in an older version of C++ (heterogeneous lookup,
<code>try_emplace</code>, <code>contains</code>, etc.)</ul>

**`boost::unordered_flat_set` `boost::unordered_flat_map`**

<ul>The fastest of the lot. Based on open addressing, these containers slightly
deviate from the standard in exchange for top performance.</ul>

**`boost::unordered_node_set` `boost::unordered_node_map`**

<ul>Variations of <code>boost::unordered_flat_(set|map)</code> providing pointer stability.</ul>

**`boost::concurrent_flat_set` `boost::concurrent_flat_map`**

<ul>High performance for multithreaded scenarios. Introducing a new non-standard, iterator-free API.</ul>

**`boost::concurrent_node_set` `boost::concurrent_node_map`**

<ul>Variations of <code>boost::concurrent_flat_(set|map)</code> providing pointer stability.</ul>

## Learn about Boost.Unordered

* [Online documentation](https://boost.org/libs/unordered)
* [Some benchmarks](https://github.com/boostorg/boost_unordered_benchmarks)
* Technical articles on Boost.Unordered internal design:
  * [Advancing the state of the art for `std::unordered_map` implementations](https://bannalia.blogspot.com/2022/06/advancing-state-of-art-for.html)
  * [Inside `boost::unordered_flat_map`](https://bannalia.blogspot.com/2022/11/inside-boostunorderedflatmap.html)
  * [Inside `boost::concurrent_flat_map`](https://bannalia.blogspot.com/2023/07/inside-boostconcurrentflatmap.html)
  * [Bulk visitation in `boost::concurrent_flat_map`](https://bannalia.blogspot.com/2023/10/bulk-visitation-in-boostconcurrentflatm.html)
* Debugging visualizers for Boost.Unordered:
  * [Natvis for boost::unordered_map, and how to use &lt;Intrinsic&gt; elements](https://blog.ganets.ky/NatvisForUnordered/)
  * [Natvis for boost::concurrent_flat_map, and why fancy pointers are hard](https://blog.ganets.ky/NatvisForUnordered2/)
  * [Visualizing boost::unordered_map in GDB, with pretty-printer customization points](https://blog.ganets.ky/PrettyPrinter/)

Boost.Unordered can be installed in a number of ways:

* [Download Boost](https://www.boost.org/users/download/) and you're ready to go (this is a header-only library requiring no building).
* Using Conan 2: In case you don't have it yet, add an entry for Boost in your `conanfile.txt` (the example requires at least Boost 1.86):
```
[requires]
boost/[>=1.86.0]
```
<ul>If you're not using any compiled Boost library, the following will skip building altogether:</ul>

```
[options]
boost:header_only=True
```
* Using vcpkg: Execute the command
```
vcpkg install boost-unordered
```
* Using CMake: [Boost CMake support infrastructure](https://github.com/boostorg/cmake)
allows you to use CMake directly to download, build and consume all of Boost or
some specific libraries.

## Support

* Join the **#boost-unordered** discussion group at [cpplang.slack.com](https://cpplang.slack.com/)
([ask for an invite](https://cppalliance.org/slack/) if you’re not a member of this workspace yet)
* Ask in the [Boost Users mailing list](https://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users)
(add the `[unordered]` tag at the beginning of the subject line)
* [File an issue](https://github.com/boostorg/unordered/issues)

## Contribute

* [Pull requests](https://github.com/boostorg/unordered/pulls) against **develop** branch are most welcome.
Note that by submitting patches you agree to license your modifications under the [Boost Software License, Version 1.0](http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt).